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Sex assault survivor who confronted Jeff Flake speaks out

Sex assault survivor who confronted Jeff Flake speaks out

A sex assault survivor who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake inside an elevator Friday — after announcing he would vote in favor of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh — said that the likely pivotal...

New York Post | Civic Engagement
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The Minimum Wage Needs An Upgrade

The Minimum Wage Needs An Upgrade

Seventy-eight years ago today, the Fair Labor Standards Act made a groundbreaking promise to Americans: the promise of a fair minimum wage for an honest day’s work.

That promise, however,...

Common Dreams | Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

Legal Experts Pan US for Disappointing Human Rights Record

MSNBC - April 17, 2015, by Willa Frej -The United States has a record of human rights abuses despite its position as a leading voice on human rights issues worldwide, legal experts said at a forum...

Equal pay is widely understood to be a feminist issue — so why isn't the Fight for $15?

The idea that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work is probably among the least controversial feminist positions because, in 2017, it's pretty difficult to argue against.

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Mic | Raising the Bar for Workers and Families

Campaign Zero: A ‘Blueprint for Ending Police Violence’

On Friday, activists with the country’s growing racial justice movement unveiled a new campaign to end police violence, bridging protester demands with data and policy to create structural...

GOP accuses Dems of stalling Kavanaugh over document requests

Jennifer Epps-Addison, network president at the grassroots Center for Popular Democracy, stressed that public access to Kavanaugh's legal opinions and documents from his time in the Bush...

Circa | Civic Engagement

Education ‘Day of Action’ set Monday in 60-plus cities

The Washington Post - December 6, 2013, by Valerie Strauss - A coalition of education, labor, civic and civil rights organizations, led by the American Federation of Teachers, is staging a “...

Statement from the Fed Up coalition on Philadelphia Fed’s Announcement of a New President

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2015

Contact:Ricardo A. Ramírez, rramirez@populardemocracy.org, 202-464-...

Building a National Campaign for a Strong Economy: Fed Up

It’s true: HUD policy really does hurt our neighborhoods

HUD has a program that sells tens of thousands of troubled mortgages across the country, many in black and Latino neighborhoods hard hit by the housing crisis, to Wall Street speculators - at a...

The Hill | Organizing for Housing Justice & A Home to Thrive

After minimum wage changes, Bay Area workers push for ‘fair’ scheduling

As cities all over the state have raised their minimum wages in recent years, labor advocates in the Bay Area are turning to what they see as another piece of the puzzle for improving workers’...

East Bay Times | Restoring a Fair Workweek

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Perkins was a key writer of New Deal policies. Known as an expert on health and safety policy reforms in New York state, Frances Perkins was tapped by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor in his cabinet - the first woman to serve.

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Frances Perkins was born in a world on fire. In the early 1900s Robber Barons didn’t care about workers rights or the safety of children that worked in their factories. “Safety laws” as we know them today didn’t exist- and the wealthy actively fought against them.

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